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Echinus vs Miliary - What's the difference?

echinus | miliary |

As nouns the difference between echinus and miliary

is that echinus is the rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve while miliary is one of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.

As an adjective miliary is

of or pertaining to millet seeds.

echinus

English

Noun

(echini)
  • (architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
  • (architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
  • (architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    miliary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
  • (medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
    • a miliary eruption
    a miliary fever
  • Small and numerous.
    • the miliary tubercles of Echini

    Derived terms

    *miliary abscess *miliary bronchiolithiasis *miliary dermatitis *miliary tuberculosis

    Noun

    (miliaries)
  • (zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.